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Bryce Butzine
Bryce Butzine

Reputation: 11

Gmapsdistance package in R error "You must use an API key to authenticate each request to Google Maps Platform APIs."

Have an R script to run a bunch of different points for commute time and distance. Have a google API key with an enabled billing account, go to run and get shut down at line 262 every time.

Tried restructuring the code. Refreshed the API Set the API key in different parts

Code works perfect up to that point, and it is making a connection with google as it is showing in the API.

emp_commute$CommuteTime[i] <- gmapsdistance(origin = emp_commute$HomeComplete[i],
                                            destination = emp_commute$WorkComplete[i],
                                            mode = "driving",
                                            key = "",
                                            arr_date = "2019-11-13",
                                            arr_time = emp_commute$ArrivalTime[i])$Time[1]

Error in gmapsdistance(origin = emp_commute$HomeComplete[i], destination = emp_commute$WorkComplete[i], : Google API returned an error: You must use an API key to authenticate each request to Google Maps Platform APIs. For additional information, please refer to http://g.co/dev/maps-no-account

Googled and googled, just would love some advice!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2651

Answers (2)

T_R
T_R

Reputation: 33

I found the issue: It is when there is a # in the address (e.g., 123 Main St Apt #6).

If you remove the :Apt #6", so it is just "123 Main St", then it works fine.

Upvotes: 0

evan
evan

Reputation: 5701

This package works without problem for me. Used RStudio Cloud. Here's what I did.

First I installed gmapsdistance:

install.packages("gmapsdistance")

Then I ran the following code with my API key (set in the key= parameter):

library("gmapsdistance")

origin <- c("40.431478+-80.0505401", "33.7678359+-84.4906438")
destination <- c("43.0995629+-79.0437609", "41.7096483+-86.9093986")

results <- gmapsdistance(origin, destination, mode="driving", key="abcd", arr_date="2019-11-13", arr_time="09:00:00")

results

The response was:

$Time
                      or Time.43.0995629+-79.0437609 Time.41.7096483+-86.9093986
1  40.431478+-80.0505401                       13878                       23071
2 33.7678359+-84.4906438                       49402                       38351

[...]

Using set.api.key("") also worked fine. For testing purposes I recommend that you try my exact steps and code above. Also double check the following:

  1. Billing and the Distance Matrix API are enabled on your project (go through Google's guide)
  2. Your values for origin, destination and arr_time are valid (try hard-coding them first)

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 0

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